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Misano MotoGP: Andrea Iannone heads Ducati 1-2 in practice

Andrea Iannone set the pace in Saturday morning MotoGP practice at Misano as dry conditions prevailed for the first time during the weekend

Pramac man Iannone hit the top of the timesheets in the dying moments of the 45-minute session, setting a quickest time of 1m34.120s to depose fellow Ducati rider Andrea Dovizioso's factory bike by just three hundredths of a second.

Third quickest was Yamaha's Jorge Lorenzo, just a further tenth back. He had enjoyed a spell atop the timesheets in the latter stages of the session.

Marc Marquez was best of the Honda riders in fourth, just behind Lorenzo, the championship leader seemingly prioritising long runs over single lap pace - although he was fastest for much of the first half of the session before Lorenzo beat his time by half a second.

Dani Pedrosa, who also briefly topped the times, was fifth quickest, exactly three tenths away from Iannone, with Valentino Rossi next up in sixth.

Open class pacesetter Aleix Espargaro managed to book himself an automatic Q2 slot in the final minutes, winding up seventh having spent much of the session outside of the top 10.

The Tech 3 pairing of Bradley Smith and Pol Espargaro also secured their Q2 spaces with eighth and ninth places, with Alvaro Bautista the final rider to do so in 10th.

Stefan Bradl missed out on an automatic Q2 berth by less than a tenth in spite of being well inside the top 10 for the vast majority of the session.

The German will therefore have to fight his way through Q1, along with Yonny Hernandez, who had topped the times in a wet practice one on Friday, and Cal Crutchlow.

Despite the track being very busy throughout as the riders all sought to rack up as much dry running as possible, the session proved remarkably incident-free.

Pos Rider Team Bike Time Gap Laps
1 Andrea Iannone Pramac Racing Ducati 1m34.120s - 20
2 Andrea Dovizioso Ducati Ducati 1m34.155s 0.035s 17
3 Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha Yamaha 1m34.256s 0.136s 20
4 Marc Marquez Honda Honda 1m34.284s 0.164s 20
5 Dani Pedrosa Honda Honda 1m34.420s 0.300s 21
6 Valentino Rossi Yamaha Yamaha 1m34.452s 0.332s 21
7 Aleix Espargaro Forward Racing Forward Yamaha 1m34.580s 0.460s 18
8 Bradley Smith Tech 3 Yamaha 1m34.586s 0.466s 20
9 Pol Espargaro Tech 3 Yamaha 1m34.603s 0.483s 23
10 Alvaro Bautista Gresini Racing Honda 1m34.766s 0.646s 20
11 Stefan Bradl LCR Honda 1m34.857s 0.737s 23
12 Yonny Hernandez Pramac Racing Ducati 1m34.899s 0.779s 18
13 Cal Crutchlow Ducati Ducati 1m35.366s 1.246s 19
14 Scott Redding Gresini Racing Honda 1m35.401s 1.281s 18
15 Hiroshi Aoyama Aspar Honda 1m35.555s 1.435s 22
16 Leon Camier Aspar Honda 1m36.347s 2.227s 21
17 Karel Abraham Cardion AB Motoracing Honda 1m36.445s 2.325s 17
18 Alex de Angelis Forward Racing Forward Yamaha 1m36.924s 2.804s 20
19 Michael Laverty Paul Bird Motorsport PBM/Aprilia 1m37.183s 3.063s 17
20 Mike Di Meglio Avintia Racing Avintia/Kawasaki 1m37.379s 3.259s 17
21 Danilo Petrucci IodaRacing Project ART/Aprilia 1m37.417s 3.297s 18
22 Hector Barbera Avintia Racing Avintia/Kawasaki 1m37.579s 3.459s 18
23 Broc Parkes Paul Bird Motorsport PBM/Aprilia 1m38.542s 4.422s 18


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